Container



July 2o, 1926.

v F. NALLY CONTAINER Filed March 12,`1924 INVEN'ToR 'Loelwe W BY M A TTOR NE YS Patented `luly 2Q, 1926.

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CONTAINER.

Thisinventiom r'elates-;:tocontainersV and :more particularly? to a^-cont`ainer-for storing s scraps of f 'mtroc'ellulose g products J and the receptacle A and is of any desired formand vlike.

,More specifically, this 'device@ isfldesi-gned for-'usel `iir'mo'tion picture studios, theatres, and other places where scraps of nitro-cellulose ilm and the like must be disposed of' or cared for temporarily, and, due to the factthat this material is highly combustible, ordinary receptacles constitut-e a source of danger which my container is ldesigned to overcome. In many States this danger being recognized, legislation and proposed legislation, having in view fire prevention 'due to this highlycombustible material, has attempted to regulate its disposal in ways which are either expensive to the producer or impractical in results.

It is, therefore, the primary object of my invention to provide a container which will be absolutely ireproof and yet which enables the material to be readily placed therein from time to time and removed therefrom upon occasion, and enables the film or other nitro-cellulose products to be kept dry at all times, thus, with safety, conserving the nitrite in same, and with a view to complying with all possible fire laws.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

Inthe accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved container; h

Figure 2 is a view in vertical section on an enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

The referencecharacter A is employed to represent my improved container as a whole, and the car l indicates the outer water receptacle, and the reference character 2 the inner receptacle for the combustible material. The outer receptacle A is supported on an axle 3 having wheels 4 at its ends. A small roller or caster 5 is connected to a bracket 6, fixed to the bottom of the receptacle A, and this caster 5 and the wheels 4 provide a support for the container which will prevent upsetting but which willfacilitate theA movementpf the container from place to place. A handle l7 is secured to the inconvenient location for the operatora *It is to lbefnoted particularly lby reference to Figures 2 and 3 that the inner receptacle 2, while of the same general contour, shape and outline as the outerreoeptacle 1, is appreciably smaller in all dimensions than said outer receptacle so that a complete water jacket is provided around the inner `receptacle.

To properly mount this inner receptacle I preferably secure feet 8 to the bottom thereof, which feet are, in turn, secured tothe bottom receptacle A, and, furthermore, I preferably provide outwardly bowed arms 9 secured to the receptacle, 2 and engaging the inner face of receptacle 1. A watertight hinged cover 10 is provided yat the top of receptacle 2 and a handle 11 is fired to this cover 10 to facilitate its movement.

The receptacle 2 is preferably provided with an asbestos or other iireproof lining 12, and a vent tube 13 connects the inner receptacle 2 with the outside air to allow gases which may accumulate in the inner receptacle to escape. A hinged cover 14 is provided on the outer receptacle 1 and a handle 15 is secured to the cover 14 to facilitate movement. This cover 14 is also rendered watertight in any approved manner.

On the outside of the receptacle 1 a bracket 16 is fixed and supports a bucket 17, the latter preferably having a bail 18 normally positioned over a hook 19 on the re.-

ceptacle. Just above this bucket 17 and in a plane slightly below the top of receptacle 2 a faucet 20 is provided in the wall of receptacle 1. This faucet is normally close-d but when it is opened it will permit the water in the upper portion of receptacle 1 to drain into the bucket 17, and the level of water will fall below the upper end of receptacle 2. The covers 14 and 10 can then be opened and scrap located in the inner receptacle or removed therefrom. The cover 10 is then closed and the bucket 17, which is of a size to accommodate the water 'drained as above explained, can then be removed from the bracket 6 and the water poured back into receptacle 1. The cover 14 is then closed, and it will thus be noted that when the parts are 1n normal pos1t1on the 1nner receptacle 2 1s ent1rely surrounded by Water,

hence, absolutely preventingdanger froml fire.

It is this broad idea of providing a container haif'ing; an inner receptacle for highly combustible material surrounded entirely by Water that constitutes the broad idea of my inwf'ention, and While I have illustrated a Simple and preferred embodiment of the invention it is obyious that Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the `general form of the parts described without departing from my invention`r and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such sligh changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A device for preventing damage from combustion in moving vehicles, comprising an outer receptacle, an inner receptacle located centrally in the outer receptacle and spaced from all Walls of the outer receptacle, a Water-tight cover ou the inner receptacle, a cover on the outer receptacle, a vent tube connected to the inner receptacle and projecting through the Wall of the outer receptacleA` and a faucet on the outer receptacle and adapted to drain the upper portion only of the outer receptacle and located in a hori- Zontal plane just slightly below the top of the inner receptacle.

FLORENCE NALLY. 

